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rectangular stele with cornice

rectangular stele with cornice

An item at Louvre

Decoration: adoration scene; man (2, standing, loincloth, shaved head, holding fire altar, papyrus stem); woman (2, standing, dress, perfume cone, holding papyrus stem); Osiris (seated, cubic seat, atef crown, coiled false beard, holding heqa scepter, whip); Isis (standing); Nephthys (standing) 2nd register; death watered by the tree goddess (holding hes vase, in front); man (5, kneeling, wig with stepped triangular sides, drinking); woman (4, kneeling, drinking); ba-bird (2) 3rd register; procession of relatives; man (4, standing); woman (6, standing) at the top; dog (2, lying on base) on the right edge; man (2, standing); woman (2, standing) on ​​the left edge; man (2, standing); woman (standing)


Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).